perdition

«perdition» in Mova's school dictionary: everlasting punishment after death, often meaning hell… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (perdition, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church, old) Perdition is everlasting punishment after death, often meaning hell, in old Christian language. tree →

2) (old, formal) Complete ruin or disaster. tree →

sense in the lessons

In old Bible translations, hymns and classic stories: «the road to perdition». Today it sounds old-fashioned or dramatic. It tells the reader about a terrible fate.

examples

• The preacher warned against the road to perdition. tree →
• In the old story, the pirate feared eternal perdition. tree →
• Old hymns sometimes speak of perdition. tree →
• Gambling led him to perdition. tree →
• Christians believe Jesus came to save people from perdition. tree →
• The book calls greed the path to perdition. tree →

note

Old-fashioned, uncountable. Similar: damnation, hell, ruin. Not used in everyday speech.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «perdition» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.